I don't taste a difference. I buy whichever is available in the flavor I want at the time. My Smart & Final (same as Cash & Carry) tends to carry Torani most often, but I've bought both there and elsewhere. BevMo has a really good selection too.

If the sweetener makes a difference to you, Monin syrups use mostly erythritol and some sucralose. DaVinci uses straight sucralose as does Torani, I believe.

I buy based on that....so Monin is my preference. For what it's worth, we have a coffee company in our little town where they roast their own coffees....fairly well known through out the Northwest. Anyhow, I just found out yesterday that they will only use Monin syrups...they feel they are the best.

If the sweetener makes a difference to you, Monin syrups use mostly erythritol and some sucralose. DaVinci uses straight sucralose as does Torani, I believe.

I buy based on that....so Monin is my preference. For what it's worth, we have a coffee company in our little town where they roast their own coffees....fairly well known through out the Northwest. Anyhow, I just found out yesterday that they will only use Monin syrups...they feel they are the best.

Thanks for throwing that one in to the discussion, I haven't tried Monin brand. Although I like some of the fruity of the other brands, I didn't like the hazelnut or even vanilla of the others very much, which I had hoped would be great in coffee! Just added the white chocolate and a pump to my netrition shopping cart!

Thanks for throwing that one in to the discussion, I haven't tried Monin brand. Although I like some of the fruity of the other brands, I didn't like the hazelnut or even vanilla of the others very much, which I had hoped would be great in coffee! Just added the white chocolate and a pump to my netrition shopping cart!

Sure! I just found out about Monin myself in the "Erythritol"thread...someone posted about them and I immediately went to Cash and Carry and bought every SF flavor they had

I am a torani fan, but in all honesty never tried davinci! The flavor selection is amazing for torani.

I am in California and find that torani is easier to find... It's at stater brothers, walmart, smart & final, I even find the small bottles (though for a higher price) at my grocery stores.... Oh, and Bev-mo, but I don't really drink wine so I hardly ever go there.

However, I don't recall seeing davinci or monin at any of these same places...

I am in California and find that torani is easier to find... It's at stater brothers, walmart, I even find the small bottles (though for a higher price) at my grocery stores.... Oh, and Bev-mo, but I don't really drink wine so I hardly ever go there.

However, I don't recall seeing davinci or monin at any of these same places...

Anyway, I wonder if that is the case in other states as well...

I usually order my torani from netrition but have seen it in Walmart (small bottles) and the supermarket (in CO). I sometimes will pick up a small bottle of raspberry when I run out, even though its pricier...my 5 year old loves it in his milk!

My BevMo sells both Torani and Da Vinci. I'm just up the road from OC in Long Beach.

Cool... good to know! I am going to try the Monin in my next netrition order, and if I don't like it in my coffee, I'll try the davinci again. I can not find a hazelnut I like, which is crazy because I love the regular (sugar) hazelnut syrups, and the difference is not that I don't like splenda! I am totally used to splenda lol

I haven't had the chocolate in years. I tried the Da Vinci probably ten years ago, threw it out, and never bought the flavor again.

I have several flavors, but my absolute fave is coconut. It's delicious, even as a cocktail mixer! Remember those coconut rums? Well, they're full of sugar, so I use regular rum, coconut syrup, and Pepsi One. I also use it other ways, like I'll mix it into cream cheese as a snack sometimes.

My local Wal Mart was the only place around that carried DaVinci. They don't carry it anymore though They carry this generic stuff now in a few select flavors (but I don't think they have chocolate). I have never tried it, but it's made with Splenda and is only $1 a bottle so I may try it just for fun sometime. Kroger carries Torani, but not very many flavors. I think they only carry vanilla, SF vanilla, hazelnut and carmel.

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Thanks for the great discussion! I got a 30 calorie light cherry lemonade from a Coke Freestyle machine and want s/f cherry syrup that doesn't taste like cough syrup to recreate it at home. I'm in Riverside, California, my husband works in Long Beach, and since I grew up in Orange County (trying sooo hard to move back!) we spend a lot of time there...if I can't find it in any of those places I'll give up!